Clothes-hanger for doors.



A. ROTHERY. CLOTHES HANGER FOR DOORS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 23. 1918.

Patented Apr. 22, 1919.

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To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALBERT ROTHERY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Clothes-Hangers for Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for itsobject to provide a compact, neat and attractive clothes hanger that shall be adapted to take the place of clothes trees, or costumers, so called in the trade, or wardrobes, thus especially adapting it for use in small rooins anywhere, as for example .in apartments and hotels.

With this end in view, I have devised a clothes hanger which may be easily attached to a door by a person skilled orunskilled, as no tools are required other than'a screw driver, and which will not mar the door to the slightest extent, no marks being left thereon.

In the accompanying drawing forming a; part of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a door showing my novel clothes hanger applied thereto.

Fig. 2 a section on the line 22 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 3 a section on an enlar ed scale on the line 33 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 a section on the line H in Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

' Fig. 5 a section on the line 55 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and

Fig. 6 is a detail view of the coat'holder, detached.

The special design or construction of the hanger is not of theessence of the invention, the essential feature of novelty being that the hanger is attached to the top of the door, and rests on the front face thereof. The

hanger comprises a body 10, which may be 1 made of metal, wood, celluloid or an suitable material and may be of an esired style or design, and when made of wood or low grade metal, may have any required finish that will correspond or harmonize with the tone of the room in which it is to be used. 11 denotes hooks for hanging'clothing, which are preferably of metal and may be made highly ornamental. At the'lower end of the body, I provide a relatively heavy metallic pin 12, which is provided at its free extremity with a head, back of which is a groove 12, shaped to receive the eye 1%,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 23, 1918. Serial No. 230,335.

of acoat holder 15, said eye having a portion which is large enough to permit the 'to cause the grooved portion of the pin to enter said reduced portion 16, whereby the coatholder and any garments supported thereby, will be securely retained in place until the hanger is positively lifted in the initial step of disengagement. It also permits the operator to place garments on the holder or to remove them therefrom without the necessity for removing the holder from the pin and without danger of detaching the holder unintentionally.

In order to support the lower end of the body when the hanger'is used upon center paneled doors, a bumper or pad 17 may be used. The purpose of this pad is to keep the body in alinement but more particularly to provide a solid foundation for the body no matter how the door is paneled. l have shown the pad as attached to the inner end of the pin, which extends through the body. The entire back of the body is lined with felt, or any soft textile material, indicated by 18, to prevent marring of the door.

The hanger is attached to the door by means of screws 19, which pass through a relatively thin attaching lip 20, extending backward from the upper end of the body, and adapted to lie between the top of the door and the casing. If the body is made of metal and cast or pressed to shape, the lip may be formed integral with the body. Owin to the fact, however, that doors frequent y fit the casings closely and that it may be desirable for various reasons to provide attaching lips of varying thickness, and the further fact that it may be desirable to remove the body without removing the flanges 22, between which the upper end of the body rests. The body is secured to the plate by means of screws 23, which pass through the plate, and are engaged by orna mental nuts 24.

Having thus described my invention, I iip,-the other end of said supporting memclaim: ber fitting Within the recessed portion of A clothes hanger of the character desaid attaching plate, and.- g arment support- 10 scribed comprising a. supporting member mg means carried by said supporting mem- 5 having a, pad-like foot projecting from the hen.

inner face near one end, an attaching plate I testimony whereof I afix my signature.

having a recessed body and an overhanging ALBERT ROTHERY. 

